2007/01/24 by Makoto Natsuume, Natsuume, Makoto
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #Nuclear Theory (nucl-th) #hep-ph #hep-th #nucl-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-ph/0701201
12 pages, 12 figures, ReVTeX4; Based on invited talks presented at "Frontiers in the physics of quark-gluon plasma" (July 7-8 2006, RIKEN), "String theory and quantum field theory" (Sep. 12-16 2006, YITP), the Fall Meeting 2006 of the Physical Society of Japan (Sep. 20-22 2006, Nara Women's Univ.), "AdS/CFT and strongly coupled quark matter" (Nov. 21-22 2006, CCAST), YKIS2006 (Nov. 20-28 2006, YITP), and a string theory workshop at Rikkyo Univ. (Dec. 26-27 2006)
We review the AdS/CFT description of gauge theory plasmas for non-experts. We discuss the low shear viscosity, jet quenching, and J/psi-suppression, which are three major signatures for the quark-gluon plasma observed at RHIC experiments.